AW: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet treaty

[Peter H. Hellmonds]

Hi Avri,

You wrote:
> Which ITU treaty or ITU standard defines what "Unsolicited bulk
communications"  means?

Your question got me searching and I found something:

In ITU RESOLUTION 130 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010)
http://www.itu.int/osg/csd/intgov/resoultions_2010/PP-10/RESOLUTION_130.pdf
on "Strengthening the role of ITU in building confidence and security in the
use of information and communication technologies", there is a reference
saying "that although there are no universally agreed upon definitions of
spam and other terms in this sphere, spam was characterized by ITU-T Study
Group 2, at its June 2006 session, as a term commonly used to describe
unsolicited electronic bulk communications over e-mail or mobile messaging
(SMS, MMS), usually with the objective of marketing commercial products or
services"

It may not be a treaty or a standard, but exemplifies the way this is
considered.

Is this helpful to the discussion?

Best,
Peter


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Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] Im Auftrag von Avri Doria
Gesendet: 17 December 2012 18:31
An: IGC
Betreff: Re: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet
treaty


On 15 Dec 2012, at 13:04, Roland Perry wrote:

> The anti-spam industry, and several privacy laws worldwide, have
established beyond doubt what 'Unsolicited bulk communications' means for
over a decade. There's no need to start new hares running.


Exactly where are these well established definitions?
Which ITU treaty or ITU standard defines what "Unsolicited bulk
communications"  means?

And I have not the faintest idea what you mean when you speak of 'hares
running.' 

avri


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